2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Ritual Food in Prehistory

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23320175
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Archaeology
Research Institution	The Niigata Prefectural Museum Of History
Principal Investigator	NISHIDA Yasutami 新潟県立歴史博物館, その他部局等, 研究員 (80172667)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	吉田邦夫東京大学, 総合研究博物館 (10272527) 宮尾亨新潟県立歴史博物館 (90245655) 渋谷綾子国立歴史民俗博物館 (80593657)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha)	マシウスピーター国立民族学博物館 (70281590)
Project Period (FY)	2011-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Keywords	古食性 / 安定同位体分析 / 脂質分析 / 縄文土器
Research Abstract	The study aimed at examining chemically the difference of the usages of two categories of pottery that have been discriminated by forms and designs. For the late and final Jomon pottery, it became clear that the decorated and less decorated pottery were used for different food resources. For the middle Jomon pottery, the results imply that the so called Flame style pottery was used for restricted range of food. The biomarkers showing marine resource were detected from samples of inland sites which may indicate the usage of migratory fish.